As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2020

Registration Statement No. 333-229738

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-229738

TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

NOBLE ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	73-0785597
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1001 Noble Energy Way Houston, Texas	77070
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Mary A. Francis

Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer

c/o Chevron Corporation

6001 Bollinger Canyon Road

San Ramon, CA 94583

(Name and address of agent for service)

(925) 842-1000

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE/DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

Noble Energy, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), is filing this post-effective amendment (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-229738), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 19, 2019 (the “Registration Statement”), to deregister any and all securities registered but unsold or otherwise unissued as of the date hereof under the Registration Statement.

On October 5, 2020, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 20, 2020, among Chevron Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Chevron”), Chelsea Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of Chevron (“Merger Subsidiary”), and the Registrant (the “Merger Agreement”), Merger Subsidiary merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant continuing as the surviving entity and as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron.

The Registrant, by filing this Post-Effective Amendment, hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and removes from registration any and all securities registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof. This filing is made in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Ramon, State of California, on October 5, 2020.

NOBLE ENERGY, INC.
By:	/s/ Kari H. Endries
	Kari H. Endries Vice President and Secretary

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.